Velocity® Insights

Capital Project Management

Capital Project Transformation is a Human Resources Problem, Too

Discover how established construction career paths are undermining your efforts to adopt Advanced Work Packaging and Predictability Thinking™.

Why We Need a Predictability Thinking Framework

Established capital project management tools aren’t good enough. Predictability Thinking can help.

What Makes A Great Project Engineering Lead

Unrivalled technical expertise, a collaborative mindset and respect for roles and responsibilities — and that’s just to start. Discover the qualities of a great capital project engineering lead and make your next hire the best one yet.

Cultivating Capital Project Leaders

Capital project management training has fallen through the cracks. The path to leadership remains woefully unclear, and that should worry us all. For if we’re not entirely clear on what it takes to become a capable capital project manager, is it really any wonder that most major capital projects are unpredictable, late and over budget?

Executive Training In Capital Project Delivery Models: Is it necessary?

Now, more than ever, capital project leaders need a comprehensive understanding of capital project delivery models, and they need to master Predictability Thinking to succeed. Here’s why.

The 4 Complexities of Site-Based Revamp Projects

Process industry organizations spend between 30 and 65 percent of their budgets on small, site-based projects that ring up at less than $10 million. If we’re want to transform the capital projects industry, we can no longer ignore revamp strategy. Here are four critical complexities to consider.

Tips For Managing A Lean Team On A One-Off Capital Project

Not every capital project is undertaken by an experienced cadre of professionals working in an organization that was designed to execute challenging, multifaceted construction projects. Here’s a guide to capital project management for companies that will only every build one facility.

Tactics vs. Principles in Capital Project Management

Tactics are not enough to solve the problems we’re facing in contemporary capital project management. We need principles. More to the point, we need to adopt principle-driven Advanced Work Packaging for capital projects.

A Better Way To Manage Site-Based Chemical Projects

To harness growth, make a meaningful investment in your project management capacity. Here’s how.

The 3 Most Common Capital Project Planning Problems, And How To Solve Them

How to stop a reactive, fractured schedule and unclear accountabilities from sabotaging your petrochemical capital project.